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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Epstein files explode open as DOJ details discovery of powerful figures and more than 1,200 victims  —  The files include new photos of former President Bill Clinton and Epstein  —  EXCLUSIVE: More than a dozen politically exposed people and government officials' names appear in the hundreds …
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Mike Baker / New York Times:
Epstein Files Include 1996 Child Porn Complaint That F.B.I. Ignored  —  Newly released files show how Maria Farmer, who worked for Mr. Epstein in the 1990s, had urged the F.B.I. to investigate him.  The case went nowhere for years.  —  A woman who once worked for Jeffrey Epstein filed …
New York Times:
What Is the Origin of the Epstein Case?  —  The material includes thousands of documents related to past investigations of Jeffrey Epstein, as well as hundreds of images.  Some depict politicians, pop stars and royals; others show women whose faces have been redacted.
Washington Post:
Justice Department releases huge trove of Jeffrey Epstein documents  —  Hundreds of thousands of files are to be released today, with more in the weeks to come. … The Justice Department began releasing a huge trove of documents Friday connected to the deceased financier …
Zachary Schermele / USA Today:
‘Grossly fails.’ Lawmakers behind Epstein files' release slam DOJ  —  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said the DOJ only released a ‘fraction’ of the files it was legally required to disclose by the deadline.  Yet the agency said its compliance was ‘historic.’
Politico:
Epstein files put Bill Clinton under scrutiny - and the White House wants him there
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
DOJ won't meet Friday deadline to release all the Epstein files
Brittany Chain / Daily Mail:
Bill Clinton breaks silence on damning Epstein file photos with blistering accusation about Trump: Live updates
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Elise Stefanik Drops Out of N.Y. Governor's Race and Will Leave Congress  —  Ms. Stefanik, a Republican congresswoman and staunch ally of President Trump, abruptly ended her bid to unseat Gov. Kathy Hochul and said she would not seek another House term.  —  Representative Elise Stefanik of New York …
Discussion: ABC News and The National Pulse
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Ben Jacobs / New York Magazine:
Stefanik Says She Is Quitting the Governor's Race and Won't Run for Reelection  —  Why the Republican is leaving politics.  —  Congresswoman Elise Stefanik says she is dropping out of the New York governor's race and will not run for reelection to the House after finishing her term in office.
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Elise Stefanik Tried Everything to Please Trump. He Still Jilted Her.
Discussion: Raw Story
NewsNation:
Stefanik exits New York governor race and Congress
Politico:
Rep. Elise Stefanik set to drop bid for New York governor
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
R.F.K. Jr. Likely to Swap U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule for Denmark's  —  The shift would mean fewer shots recommended for children.  But a Danish health official found the idea baffling, saying the United States was getting “crazier and crazier in public health.”
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Washington Post:
Under RFK Jr., U.S. plans to stop recommending most vaccines, defer to doctors  —  The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.  —  Just now
Discussion: CNN and The MAHA Report
Washington Post:
Kennedy Center adds Trump's name to building  —  The signage change follows a vote by the board of trustees to rename the performing arts complex “the Trump Kennedy Center.” … The Kennedy Center began updating signage on the exterior of the building Friday morning, a day after its board voted …
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Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Kennedy Center Adds Trump's Name to Facade  —  Where Things Stand  — Kennedy Center: President Trump's name was already being added to the performing arts center in Washington early Friday, just a day after its board moved to rename it the Trump-Kennedy Center.
Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Sen. Cynthia Lummis will not seek reelection … Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) is considering running for Lummis' seat and could announce her candidacy next month, said two people familiar with the plans who were granted anonymity because it was not yet public.
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Al Weaver / The Hill:
Lummis announces retirement from Senate  —  Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) announced on Friday that she will not seek reelection to the upper chamber next year, setting up an open seat primary in the ruby red state.  —  Lummis made the announcement after the Senate adjourned for the holiday break …
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Trump Judge Threatens to Hold Government in Contempt Over ICE  —  A Trump-appointed judge was so upset with the living conditions in which ICE detained an immigrant in Long Island, New York, that he threatened to hold the government in contempt.  —  U.S. District Judge Gary Brown …
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Santul Nerkar / New York Times:   Trump-Appointed Judge Flays ICE Over Conditions in Long Island Lockup
Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
U.S. Strikes Islamic State Targets in Syria  —  American forces struck dozens of suspected ISIS sites, making good on President Trump's vow to avenge two American soldiers and a civilian U.S. interpreter killed by the group last week.  —  The United States began major airstrikes …
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Jesse Arm / City Journal:
Everyone Wants to Know What Gen Z Republicans Think.  We Asked Them.  —  Twenty GOP Zoomers on Trump, Hitler, dating, racism, politics, the economy, and more  —  Gen Z conservatives are often portrayed by the media as a cohort radicalized by economic despair.
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Trump's win streak on Supreme Court emergency docket breaks  —  The Supreme Court refused to intervene Friday in a battle concerning immigration judges' speech restrictions, for now, snapping the Trump administration's months-long winning streak on the court's emergency docket.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Supreme Court rebuffs Trump in immigration judges' free-speech case
Discussion: New York Times
ABC7:
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for ‘immediate investigation’  —  Nenko Gantchev, 56, lived in Chicago for 30 years, died Monday at North Lake Correctional Facility in Baldwin, Michigan: Officials  —  CHICAGO (WLS) — A Bulgarian man from Chicago arrested during …
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Announces Largest Developments to Date in Bringing Most-Favored-Nation Pricing to American Patients  —  LOWERING DRUG PRICES FOR AMERICAN PATIENTS: Today, President Donald J. Trump announced nine new agreements with major pharmaceutical companies …
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Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Drug companies line up to make deals with Trump after initial hesitation
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
MAGA infighting over Israel and 2028 heats up at the Turning Point USA conference  —  Influencers turned on each other, with Ben Shapiro blasting “charlatans,” Steve Bannon calling Shapiro a “cancer” and Megyn Kelly declaring she was no longer friends with Shapiro.
George Chidi / The Guardian:
FBI notes detail grim demands Epstein made for procurement of underage girls  —  Interview from 2019 reveals specific preferences for recruitment, including age and race  —  Investigative notes describing Jeffery Epstein's detailed demands of the people he sent to procure children …
Discussion: Daily Mail
The Hill:
Trump suspends green-card lottery program used by Brown University, MIT shootings suspect  —  President Trump on Thursday suspended the green-card lottery program, which was used by the suspected gunman in the Brown University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology shootings to enter the U.S.
 
 
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Michael Martina / Reuters:
US drops Uganda deportation order against Chinese dissident, lawyer says
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Adam Bernstein / Washington Post:
Lou Cannon, Post reporter and preeminent Reagan biographer, dies at 92
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Turning Point crowd boos Rob Reiner: ‘You raised a kid that slit your throat!’
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Sarah Dean / NBC News:
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Kate Santaliz / Axios:
Mike Johnson's House schedule fuels GOP frustration, stalled agenda
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Adrian Carrasquillo / The Bulwark:
The Americans Who Stood Up for Immigrants This Year
Discussion: PBS NewsHour
NBC News:
Jack Smith says Americans should ‘hear the fact’ of Trump probes, wants deposition tapes released
Discussion: The Daily Caller and UPI
Madeline Fening / Cincinnati CityBeat:
Cincinnati ICE Leader Charged Federally, Booked into Butler County Jail
 

 
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